Mingyue testified that the overseas Chinese criticism was leisurely and leisurely reading "A Paper returning to the hometown of overseas Chinese"

In the past few days around the Mid-Autumn Festival, I read the reportage "A Paper of Returning Overseas Chinese to Criticism" written by Teacher Lin Xuan with a sincere heart. Reading under the moon, the bright moon outside the window is gradually rounding and disappearing. I was reading the story of a woman writer with keen tentacles who found overseas Chinese in the homes of ordinary people. "A Piece of Paper returning to the hometown of overseas Chinese", written about the five generations of overseas Chinese dependents Xie Zhaobi's family, has ups and downs, and can sing and cry. The full text is more than 13,000 words, mainly composed of nine parts, such as "Introduction", "Drifting Across the Sea and Going to The South China Sea", "A Family Letter Spelled out of Scissors", "Ten Thousand Miles Trek life-saving batch", "Strong Family Affection And Supporting Family", "Heavy Overseas Chinese Criticism For Self-Improvement", "Guotai Min'an Cause Rejuvenation", "368 Overseas Chinese Approval to Donate to the Country", "Afterword", and so on. How can the hundred-year-old story of overseas Chinese criticism that describes the history of immigration, entrepreneurship, and overseas Chinese criticism of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese, and the history of blood and tears that have been "repeated" by generations, be able to read it all at once?

I admire the writer Lin Xuan for his painstaking in-depth visits, mastering a large number of auspicious materials, with a peaceful tone, affectionate brushstrokes, eloquent talk, taking us into one situational story about overseas Chinese, taking readers to a deeper understanding of overseas Chinese in her narrative, understanding the changes in the lives of generations of overseas Chinese and their relatives and changes in thinking.

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I admire the elderly Xie Zhaobi, a relative of overseas Chinese, who can be grateful for the gratitude of the party, the vicissitudes of the past century, the vicissitudes of the times, and he deeply understands the changes in new China in the new era and the impact on his family. He donated a total of 500 pieces of overseas Chinese cultural relics such as 368 overseas Chinese batches and baskets to the government free of charge, and 13 of his family's five generations crossed the ocean and worked overseas, and they have a history of nearly a hundred years of friendship with overseas Chinese.

In Teacher Lin Xuan's report of more than 13,000 words, let us see the feelings of home and country in the flow of time, and at the same time, we can also feel the excellent qualities of daring to be the first in the bones of the hipsters, industrious and frugal. The letters of overseas Chinese record a strong family relationship, as well as history and changes of the times. Overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese, and the descendants of overseas Chinese have witnessed our motherland enter a new era and become prosperous and strong.

Overseas Chinese embody the spiritual connotation of "honesty and trustworthiness, hard work, courage to open up, and care for Sangzi"

The article said that Xie Fengji, the first representative of the Xie family, once again broke into Nanyang, and soon after he returned to Singapore, he sent overseas Chinese approval to his son Xie Nanqing: "Arrive safely in Lat, send HK$20 to buy rice for his son." After that, Xie Fengji successively sent approvals to his son, more or less money, but it was Xie Nanqing's living batch, he could buy grain to cook porridge and eat.

This was the first time Xie Nanqing had received a batch from his father. But in fact, xie Fengji first sent money to his home was first borrowed from the Overseas Chinese Approval Bureau. The batch foot first paid the money to Nanqing, sent the back batch back to the approval bureau, and then the approval bureau asked Xie Fengji to repay the loan according to the return batch. This phenomenon was not uncommon in the process of sending and approving at that time, which was enough to show the rigor and credibility of the circulation and transmission process from writing batches, sending batches, sending batches, and returning batches, and was also a testimony to the chaoshan people who were struggling in Nanyang to help each other and take care of each other.

"Honest and trustworthy, hard work, courage to open up, and care for Sangzi" is the letter of overseas Chinese written in the book. At that time, as a private financial institution, the overseas Chinese approval industry always put integrity through all aspects of the operation of the entire industry. First of all, overseas Chinese compatriots who are the approvers of the batch do not forget their roots, keep their promises, entrust the money saved by the thrift and thrift to their hometowns, and scrupulously fulfill their obligation to support their parents, wives and children; second, the Overseas Chinese Approval Bureau does everything in its power to ensure that the approval letters and appropriations are delivered safely and quickly to the hands of overseas Chinese relatives as scheduled; then, the approvers handle the approvals and items handed over by the overseas Chinese compatriots to distribute to their relatives and friends in accordance with the instructions of the approval letters, and the substitutes who return the letters on behalf of the letters also accurately express the wishes of the senders and approvers.

Reading "A Piece of Paper to Return overseas Chinese to the homeland", a letter of overseas Chinese criticism shows the deep feelings of patriotism and love for the homeland

The old man Xie Zhaobi said: "The older generation has suffered a lot after many times, but never forgets his hometown, although grandpa does not make much money, he tightens his trouser belt and sends money from between his teeth to us." If you have 10 yuan, send 10 yuan. He said that every penny his grandfather Xie Fengji earned outside was sent home through overseas Chinese approvals.

"Fanpan Qianyin Tangshan Fu". Some overseas Chinese who have worked hard overseas have achieved achievements through their own efforts, and after their careers have been successful, they will send money home in the form of overseas Chinese approvals, repair ancestral houses, build new houses, build education and run schools, help the poor and the poor, build bridges and roads, and even donate money for disaster relief and support for the War of Resistance Against Japan.

"Rich is good for the world, and poor is alone." Because the Xie family often receives overseas Chinese approvals, their lives are relatively comfortable. Do good deeds often and help the people of the village. Later, in addition to sending overseas Chinese approvals from Nanyang on time, the Xie family also sent Swiss plum blossom brand watches, British three-gun bicycles, Xiandu brand sewing machines, woolen sweaters, soaps, washing powder and other supplies and chocolates, AhHuatian milk powder, lard, biscuits and other food. These supplies and foods made the villagers envious. The Xie family often squeezed out some food to help the neighbors, and whenever the green and yellow did not pick up, some villagers in the village could not open the pot and borrowed rice from the Xie family, and the Xie family would give it to them in a generous manner. The Xie family is a large overseas Chinese household in the village, and their virtue of charity and charity has been passed down as a good story.

During the three years of natural disasters on the mainland in the 1960s, there was a shortage of everything in my hometown, especially fertilizer. Xie Nanqing, the second-generation representative of the Xie family, purchased 1,000 kilograms of German-made fertilizer and packed it into two large wooden boxes. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, he personally took fertilizer and other materials and escorted them back to his hometown. The price of these fertilizers in China at that time was as high as 2500 yuan, which was a huge amount of money! He generously gave 800 pounds to the production team, leaving only 200 pounds at home." This is the spirit of selfless dedication, this is a feeling of loving the hometown and the country.

This is also the spirit of the overseas Chinese batch that General Secretary Xi Jinping paid attention to when he inspected Shantou in October 2020, he said: "The overseas Chinese batch records the difficult entrepreneurial history and strong feelings of the older generation of overseas Chinese compatriots, and is also an important embodiment of the Chinese nation's credibility and commitment." The most important characteristic of overseas Chinese is to love the country and the hometown and their families. One dollar is one dollar, and ten dollars is ten dollars, and a culture of overseas Chinese has developed. I was very touched after reading it, this is Chinese, Chinese heart, Chinese culture, Chinese spirit! ”

Overseas Chinese have witnessed a strong sense of family affection and a history of change

From 1905, when Xie Fengji, the first generation of the Xie family, carried only the old city basket on his back, with only a few old clothes, plus a few new bath cloths, until 1925, Xie Fengji returned to his hometown with the city basket again, and took the money he earned in Nanyang to arrange a marriage for his 20-year-old son Xie Nanqing.

Later, Xie Nanqing also carried a small basket and came to Singapore on a red-headed boat to join his father, which was the second generation of the Xie family. After Xie Nanqing arrived in Singapore, through his own hard work, he sent home a monthly batch of approvals to improve his career. The family depended on the overseas Chinese he sent to provide for themselves.

But on June 21, 1939, the Japanese army captured Shantou and began a bloody six-year rule over the Chaoshan region. During this period, the shipping and trade between Chaoshan and Nanyang were tightly controlled, and the overseas Chinese road was cut off, and the relatives of overseas Chinese were miserable. The Xie family broke off the overseas Chinese approval, and Xie Zhaobi's (that is, Xie Yingkui) mother sold out everything in the family, or could not get on the meal, and finally, in order to survive, the mother had to sell her son to a family with stuttering food. At this time, a "batch is coming!" "Like a thunder in the spring of the heavens, it saved Xie Zhaobi's life." This is a life-saving letter!

In 1945, Japan surrendered, and the road of overseas Chinese was opened again, and overseas Chinese from Singapore, thousands of miles away, entered Xie Zhaobi's home once a month.

In June 1972, Xie Nanqing sent a letter from overseas Chinese, saying: "Zhao Bi Wu'er, I am now sending 200 yuan for the purchase of rice." Rapid development of Lak, the expansion of the dock, I rented the shop at the dock was demolished, coupled with the age is high, no longer do dry goods business, can not send money home every month, generally only four times a year, respectively, spring festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, summer harvest, autumn harvest, 200 yuan each time, can only add food and clothing, the rest depends on Wu'er's own efforts. "This heavy letter of approval has brought great touches to the family, and everyone is immersed in sadness. But sadness turned to sadness, and the traditional good family style of hard work and family care in their bones made them quickly adjust their mentality and come up with ways to overcome difficulties.

In 1978, Xie Meibo, the fourth-generation representative of the Xie family, took the college entrance examination and was admitted to the Jianghan Petroleum Institute, and during the university period, in 1955, his aunt Xie Yingmin, who "went over" to Singapore, sent 20 yuan a month to support his nephew to complete his studies. She also sent Xie Meibo a calculator for learning, saving a lot of trouble in calculations and checking tables, and improving the efficiency of learning mathematics, physics and other disciplines.

In 1982, After graduating from University, Xie Meibo was assigned to the newly established China National Offshore Oil Corporation, and gradually grew into a chief engineer, enjoying special allowances from the State Council and an outstanding communist party member in the country. Xie Tianlin, the fifth-generation grandson of the Xie family, was admitted to New York University in the United States, obtained a master's degree in electronic engineering, and resolutely returned to China after graduation to work for China's BMW Corporation; the eldest granddaughter Xie Jialin returned to China to work in the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee after obtaining a master's degree in finance from the University of London; grandson Xie Tiancong worked in the CNOOC Service Oil Technology Division for the continued development and innovation of CNOOC.

The bright moon is round and missing, missing and round, and the law of eternity is unchanging. A hundred years of overseas Chinese criticism is leisurely. A piece of paper to return home, this love, ten thousand pounds, ten thousand gold expensive. The article "A Paper of Returning Overseas Chinese to The Criticism of Love" profoundly and vividly shows the history of immigration and entrepreneurship of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese, as well as their courage to open up, keep promise and righteousness, and love the country and the country; it expresses the vicissitudes and great changes of the chaoshan overseas Chinese in the past century, from being forced to go abroad as piglet coolies to straightening up and looking at the world as masters.

The bright moon has returned, and the old man is safe.

(Xu Qiaoru)

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